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Archives for August, 2011

Long wait over for China’s ‘Harry Potter’ fans

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=107299273&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China's legion of Harry Potter fans will at last see the final chapter of the film franchise on Thursday, when a 90-minute epic about the history of the Communist Party gives way to the boy wizard….

Eurovision campaign spotlights Azerbaijan ‘rights abuses’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=107299274&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Activists will use the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in 2012 to pressure the authorities into improving the human rights situation in the country, a campaigner said on Wednesday….

BlackBerry helps Britain’s rioters organise

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108444105&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The rioters causing havoc on British streets have eschewed traditional social networking sites as a way of organising, instead using the encrypted instant chat service on their BlackBerry handsets….

US missile strike ‘kills 21 in Pakistan’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108387994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A US drone strike in Pakistan on Wednesday killed up to 21 Afghan fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, considered the top US foe in eastern Afghanistan, authorities said….

US drone strike kills seven militants in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108365123&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday killed at least seven fighters from the militant Haqqani network, local security officials said….

Netanyahu may shift economic policy amid protests

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108314359&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Facing a growing protest movement angry about the high cost of living in the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested he may be willing to shift his economic policy….

China inflation hits three-year high

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108238961&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China said Tuesday its politically sensitive inflation rate rose in July to its highest level in more than three years, as the government struggles to rein in soaring food costs….

Russia to beat Canada in Arctic shipping: France

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108014298&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Russian Arctic shipping routes would attract more traffic than Canada's Northwest Passage — both made increasingly accessible by melting polar ice — a French envoy predicted Monday….

London riots reveal social strains, say residents

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=107957919&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Days of riots rocking London point to deeper social unease in poor areas of Britain's capital, community leaders and residents said Monday, rejecting moves by politicians and police to blame criminals alone….

FTSE closes down 3.4%

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=107957934&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK London shares fell sharply on Monday as investors eyed the prospect of a major global downturn and shrugged off international efforts to resolve sovereign debt woes….